Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman, Dies at 92 — Walter Cronkite at the anchor desk. — Update: 10:40 p.m.: We are highlighting some of the comments from readers about Walter Cronkite's life and legacy: — “Walter, you were family. Thank you for always telling the truth and for seeing us as neighbors, not audience members.

CBS Legend Walter Cronkite Dies — “Most Trusted Man in America” Passes Away in New York at 92 — (CBS) The “most trusted man in America” is gone. — Walter Cronkite, who personified television journalism for more than a generation as anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News …

Walter Cronkite, Voice of TV News, Dies — Walter Cronkite, who pioneered and then mastered the role of television news anchorman with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America, died Friday, his family said. He was 92. — From 1962 to 1981 …

Exclusive: Conservative group offers support for $2M — The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group's support in a bitter legislative dispute, then the group's chairman flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay.

Another Alleged Affair Tied to Christian House on Capitol Hill — A Capitol Hill townhouse that serves as a dormitory and meeting place for a band of conservative Christian lawmakers has been linked to a third episode of marital infidelity, this time in a Mississippi court filing by a former lawmaker's estranged wife.

Republicans: Clean your own house — The rotten American Conservative Union/David Keene pay-for-play scandal underscores a point I've made over and over and over again: — The GOP can't attack the Democrat culture of corruption (my new book comes out July 27) until it cleans its own house first.

McCONNELL TO OPPOSE SOTOMAYOR NOMINATION — from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell — Senate Republican Leader will deliver remarks on the Senate floor Monday outlining his opposition to Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court - — 'If, however, Judge Sotomayor were to become …

Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others — This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that books by a certain famous author had mysteriously disappeared from their e-book readers. These were books that they had bought and paid for—thought they owned.

Fasten Your Seatbelts for the Jobless Recovery... As of this writing, it looks as though the average unemployment rate in 2009 is going to average at least 1.5 percentage points above where last December the incoming Obama administration thought that it was likely to be.

What, and when, does Obama drink? — When President Barack Obama confessed his occasional urge to have a puff of a cigarette, inquiring minds wondered: Does Obama ever savor that smoke with a glass of cognac? A splash of port? Or even, perhaps, a good, old-fashioned ale?

Obama Needs to ‘Reset’ His Presidency — The president we have is very different from the man who campaigned for the office in 2008. — Printer — Friendly — Time out, Mr. President. — As we approach the August congressional recess, it's clear that our economic distress is deeper …

Iranian protesters galvanized by sermon — They clash with security forces in Tehran after a sermon by top cleric Hashemi Rafsanjani, who criticized the election and called for rule of law, unity and dialogue. — Reporting from Tehran and Beirut — A sermon by powerful cleric …

Giant squid terrorise California coast — Divers spooked by tales of assaults as swarms of aggressive jumbo flying squid invade the shallows off San Diego — Jumbo flying squid have invaded the shallow waters off San Diego, California, spooking scuba divers and beachgoers after washing up dead on the beaches.

Summers: Google econ, get good news — Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended. — The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.

Moon landings have been faked? Some think so — (CNN) — It captivated millions of people around the world for eight days in the summer of 1969. It brought glory to the embattled U.S. space program and inspired beliefs that anything was possible. — It's arguably the greatest technological feat of the 20th century.